This is an analysis of the poem Deniehy’s Lament that begins with:
SPIRIT of Loveliness! Heart of my heart!
Flying so far from me, Heart of my heart!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXa aaXa aaXa aaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010001011 1011011011 010101110111 1111011011 1011111011 1011011011 111111010101 1101011011 1111111011 11001111011 110100111101 1111011011 1011011011 1001111011 011111111101 1101001011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; heart, of, my, i, thee are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words sinning, i are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines heart is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word heart at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Deniehy’s Lament;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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